Topographical disorientation following unilateral temporal lobe lesions in humans

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 993-1001

  Maguire, Eleanor A ^a,b,c   Burke, Teresa ^a,b   Phillips, Jack ^a   Staunton, Hugh ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Real world environment; Temporal lobes; Topographical memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0030272015     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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